Holder for game-counters.



. No'. 739,209.. v PATENTED SEPT. 15, 1903.

. E. OGUMPAUGH.

- HOLDER FOB GAME COUNTERS.

APPLICATION rum) APR. 3, 1903. no menu.

"m; ncmms vrrins m. PHOTO-LITHO. WASHINGTON. n. of I Patented September 15, 1903.

PATENT ()FFICE.

EDMUND OCUMPAUGH, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

HOLDER FOR GAME-COUNTERS.

.SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,209, dated September 15, 1903. Application filed April 3,1903. Serial No. 150.971. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDMUND OCUMPAUGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Game- Oounters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in holders for chips or counters used for playing games; and it consists in certain novel features, which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which the same parts are indicated by the same letters throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing one form of hold er. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the cover for the holder illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of another form of holder constructed according to my invention, and Fig. 4 is a detail showing the spring-catch for holding in a fixed position the cover of the holder shown in Fig. 3.

Referring first to Fig.1, Arepresents a block of wood or other suitable material made polygonal in cross-section, with the sides a preferably longer than the sides a. In other words, the angles of the polygon are cut off. At the angles of the polygon pockets C62 are provided, in which the chips or counters B are placed. These counters project beyond the face a of the block, so that the counters may be readily lifted and taken out when desired. Pivoted to the top of the block is a disk 0, which is secured to the block by the pivot c and is cut away in one or more places 0, so that when turned to register with one of the pockets a it will allow the counters to be readily removed; but when in any other position it will obstruct the removal of the counters from the pockets.

D (shown in Fig. 2) represents a cover for the holder shown in Fig. 1; which cover is adapted to slip over the holder, the sides cl projecting beyond the edge of the counters B and the sides 61 fitting snugly against the faces a to facilitate the removal of the counters.

The plate 0 is centrally pivoted by means of a pin 0 to this block, and this plate is cut away, as at 0 leaving tongues 0 which are preferably rounded on their edges 0 so that if the plate be turned it will not project beyond the edges of the block. Beneath the plate I provide a suitable spring E, having a catch 6, adapted to fit in one of the notches a or 0. (Indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3.) When the catch 6 engages in the notch a as moved from any one ofthe pockets, while if the catch 6 engages in the notch a the tongues 0 will cover all of the pockets and will prevent indicated in Fig. 3, the counters may be rethe counters from either being taken out or from falling out. Thus the counters may be conveniently carried about without any danger of their falling out, and when it is desired to use the same the slight movement of the plate 0 will put the holder in the open position, as indicated in Fig. 3. The words Open and Close on the top of the plate with the arrows indicate the position in which the plate is to be turned in order to open or close the pockets.

If desired, a hexagonal box D (indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3) may be used to inclose the holder when not in use.

It will be seen that the counters do not quite reach the sides of the inclosing polygon, while the faces d will be tangent thereto, and therefore the cover D may be put on without touching the counters.

While I have shown the holder in Fig. 3 in the form of a hexagon, it will be evident that it may be made in the form of any regular polygon, and thus the number of pockets may be varied at will.

It will be seen that I provide a simple'and' convenient holder for counters for use in games from which the counters may readily be removed when desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A holder for counters, comprising a polygonal block with the angles cut away, with pockets partly open at one side and cut into said block for the counters, and a revoluble plate cut away to permit the passage of the counters and pivoted to the top of said block, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a polygonal block cut away at the corners, with cylindrical pockets, partly open at the side, bored in said corners and adapted to receive the counters, and a revoluble plate cut away at the side to permit the passage of said counters and pivoted to the center of said block, substantially as described.

The combination with a polygonal block cut away at the angles of the polygon, with pockets partly open at the side provided at the cut-away portion of the block, and a plate provided with tongues and indentations pivoted to the center of the said block and adapted to partly cover all of said pockets when in one position and to leave open all of said pockets when in another position, substantially as described.

4. The combination with'a polygonal block cut away at the angles of the polygon, with pockets partly open at the side provided at the cut away portion of the block, a plate provided with tongues and indentations pivoted to the center of the said block and adapted to partly cover all of said pockets when in one position and to leave open all of said pockets when in another position, and a springcatch adapted to hold said plate in the open 1 EDMUND ()OUMPAUGH.

\Vitnesses:

II. R. SELDEN, GEO. B. SELDEN. 

